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Failure of elastomer seated butterfly valves used only during cold shutdowns.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, 1984.
Series:	NRC information notice ; 84-04.
Subjects:	Nuclear power plants > Piping > Valves. Nuclear reactors > Shutdown. Elastomers. Butterfly valves > Defects.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo146318

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